Padma Bridge
WB failure if loan not sanctioned
Says Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir
It would completely be the World Bank's failure if it does not provide the loan for the construction of the Padma bridge, said Awami League Presidium Member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir at a discussion yesterday.
“The bridge will be constructed within three or five years even if the World Bank does not sanction the loan,” he said, adding that massive projects do face some kind of impediment at one point.
Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote organised the discussion in the capital's Central Public Library auditorium marking National Mourning Day.
Speaking as the chief guest, Mohiuddin said if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had even the minimal knowledge on the constitution, she would not have demanded restoration of the caretaker government system.
Recalling the contributions of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said, “Bangabandhu presented the country's best constitution.”
Addressing the discussion as the key speaker, State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam said there was no possibility, under any circumstances, of holding national polls under the caretaker government system.
Pointing at Khaleda Zia, he said, “An evil force (the caretaker government system) will not put you in power. Therefore, stop daydreaming.”
Claiming that the war crimes trial was not being held to keep the accused away from politics, the state minister said the accused were being tried for what they did during the Liberation War in 1971.
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